SPORTING

Northern Advocate, 17 February 1926, Page 7

SPORTING

COMING EVENTS. j Feb. 25, 27—Marlborough E.C. Summer. I March 3, 4 —pannevirko E.C. Summer. March 5, (3—Nelson J.C. Annual. March 27—Australian J.C. Warwick Farm. April 3. 5,7, 10—Australian J.C. Autumn. NOTES. Nominations for the Northland Trotting Club’s annual meeting close on Friday, February 26th. Owners and trainers make a note of the date. * * « » Sunbar has been turned out for a lengthy spell. .■**»* Wee Thelma is pleasing the track watchers in her work. . * a • Patchwork, was. sent Wer several rounds the other morning, the son of Bronze Patch was not sent at top. * • • e Mabel Bingen and Lola Eeklow are going along nicely and satisfying owner-trainer Sc-hon. * * * * Lady Northland has been taken up again by Baylis. Her work at present is being carried out away from the Kensington track.

Locarno is getting through steady tasks and the Great Audubon colt is showing ■ signs of turning out a goad one. • » * * The track at Kensington is at present on the hard side and rain is badly needed. On this account some trainers are holding their charges back from fast w r ork. *-♦ * » Nocturne is being put in hand again. After racing at the " Whangarei Autumn meeting she is to go to the stud. It is possible that she will visit Limond at Wanganui. * * * • Mr P. Tierney’s colt, Delightment, is at present on the easy list owing to an injury to the near foreleg sustained just prior to the Bay of Islands meeting. » • • * Boycott is being taken to Auckland today. The son of Harold Dillon is well forward and is expected to give a good account of himself at the Otahuhu fixture. * * * • A spill occurred on the local track] on a recent morning in a try out between Wee Thelma and Our Mint. For some reason the latter capsized after going about 100 yards and the horse’s driver, Mr Dan Payne, suffered a rather nasty abrasion to his leg.

The Autujpnus—Helter Skelter filly Wild Work has again been eased up. She has more than average pace and it is to be hoped that better luck will attend her during her three-year-old career than she has had this season.

Mr V. Riddif ord bought the filly by Leighton from First Class before Mr W. G. Stead’s yearlings were shipped to Sydney. The other four are spoken of very highly by those who saw them in Wellington prior to their departure for Australia. • * *■ " « In addition to the Leighton young sters Dal Eaton and Ilka were shipped to Sydney by the same boat as was the. Arrowsmith—Exclusive filly Swift, who was sold recently by A. Goodman to an Australian sportsman. • • * • Some little time back there was a prospect of Amythas again carrying silk. The owner, Mr F. S. Easton, has, however, made the definite state ment that the racing career of the son of Demosthenes has ended. Amythas is now running in a well-grassed paddock near Foxton. i%*• • • •

The Wellington Trotting Club has decided to include a two mile race for unhoppled trotters on the programme of its March mooting. The race will be endowed with 400 sovs, and. is „ for horses that can do 4.42 or better. The club is also effecting improvements in the totalisator, and intends erecting a new machine with a double, face, visible to both inside and outside patrons. This will be ready for use at its March fixture.

Ashley Reed will ride as a free lance in the future (says the “Sporting Globe,” Melbourne). Reed went to Melbourne under a 12 months’ contract to Mr. A. T. Creswick, and that terminated this month. He has met with a good deal of success in Melbourne, having won between 30 and 40 races in the year. Reed is a light-weight and a capable horseman who should continue to do well here, says the “Globe.”

According to the “Australasian,” The Hawk’s trouble is high up behind, and his owner thinks that The Hawk probably ricked himself on his way to the course at Moonce Valley, as he was very fresh, and was dancing about a good deal. Probably the round bone is the trouble, and if so it will mean a blister and a spell for the gallant little New Zealander. However, it is to be hoped that the trouble will yield quickly to treatment, as The Hawk is such a great galloper that his presence would add considerable interest to the weight-for-ago races at the autumn meetings. Cameron is not having the best of luck, as Egyptian Flower, whom he expected to win a race in Melbourne, was kicked when being landed from a Sydney steamer. She is also on the easy list, and it is doubtful whether she will be able to run for some time.

Regarding Roscuor, who ran a third at Dunedin, the following appeared in a southern paper:—“The entry of the English colt Rosenor for the Trial Stakes, at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s meeting, has raised the question whether an allowance can be claimed for him. There is divided opinion on the matter, and, such being the case, the rule bearing on,the point is quoted. It reads: ‘ln all races other than handicaps in which, horses sired north of the Equator, etc., there shall be allowed to such horses, unless otherwise provided by the conditions of the race.’ Then comes the amount of poundage allowed. In the Dunedin Jockey Club’s Trial Stakes specific weights arc mentioned, and, although a club rule should noj; in commonse’nse override a rule of racing, in this ease it is clearly stated ‘unless otherwise provided by the conditions of the race. ’ The Trial Stakes specifically stipulates for certain weights and one specific allowance, and, that being so, it dominates the rule of racing allowing concessions to horses sired north of the line, writes ‘Sentinel.’ It is, of course, a matter that should be definitely settled by the club, and the owner is entitled to ask for a decision on the point two hours before the horse goes to the post. The point to be considered is: Does a club rule override a rule of racing In this ense the words ‘unless otherwise provided by the conditions of the race’ is the dominating factor to be considered, and this sweeps aside the allowance that might have been claimed for horses sired north of the line.”